Where: India (32.4° N, 77.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 143.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Takche Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• Age uncertain but most likely Wenlockian following: Brunton, F.R., Smith, L., Dixon, O.A., Copper, P., Nestor, H., 1998. Silurian reef episodes, changing seascapes, and paleobiogeography. New York State Museum Bulletin 491, 265-282.
•Fossil data comprise whole formation, but are only from reefal horizons
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: O. M. Bhargava and U. K. Bassi. 1986. Silurian reefal buildups: Spiti-Kinnaur, Himachal Himalaya, India. Facies 15:35-52 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 36261: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.01.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Apidium indicum Reed 1912 | |
Anthozoa | |
Chonophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral | |
? Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral | |
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral | |
Plasmopora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |